Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-10-28
THE PROHIBITION COLUMN.
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the same; like the Kilkenny cats of
Irish legend, they would never fight it
out. The liquor traffic processes to be
satisfied with local option. Hear
what Mr.. Carrole says of the n. Y.
'Fliquor Republicans" that "they are
very well satisfied with the plank at
the late Republican convention, just
what the plank means is this: local
option for the country AMI home-rule
for the cities as regards the liquor
question. And Charles Smith, liquor
dealer (another of the mandamus act)
says; 'FThe platform is alright The
local option feature is just what we
want, and will give us great hold on
New York" Of course it is. 4 few
open saloons more or less in the ccun
try, and plenty of liquor seat out by
the SLY to keep up the market, and the
seething teeming cities all their own
way. Why it is almost like playing
into their hands And then being
only statutory law, they will never let
it rest-the ghost will never be laid,
they will be calling up the evil spirit
at every fresh election. Then there
will be the fighting, and the bribing
and the lying all over again. Don't
you think the cities are big enough to
take care of themselves? 1t is like a
father lording it over his children
when they are probably better men
than he is! "Your simile does not
exactly tally, unless your SONS takes to
themselves the seven spirits of the
parable. 1t is in the numbers (where
part Of the Heterogeneous mass arc vile
at the COREY that makes the city the
worst hot bed for the saloon. 1t is
like mushrooms springins up on Il
manure heap. And like the Babel of
olden days, we think most of its dover,
but that was only the outcome of the
"walled cities. The other outcome,
the eating, drinking and rising up to
play. l have read i'll some old COM
mentary that the play meant the
worst kind of pursuits At present
there is no sign of Confusion of
tongues" The president of one of the
Chicago Brewers congresses said, "only
by union in brotherly love it will be
possible to attain our looked for results,
guard against oppressive laws, raise
ourselves to be a large and widespread
political power, and with confidence
anticipate complete success in our un-
dertakings.' In combination there is
power especially when it is bolstercd
up with bribery and corruption. 81
say, Uncle, you do take pessimist views
nf pnnrlA:" 81 COY 1 don't, all round,
but when people have already sold
their conscience to the drink god, and
steels their hearts to the horrors he
perpetrates little more buying and
selling, and metal heart shields, donf
come amiss to them. | was not borl
yesterday, and I've watched these fel
lows to some tune Do you suppos'
that an army of U. S. saloons standin!
in an unbroken line to reach from
Chicago to New York, can't fight
, Their commissariat supplies never fail
Why the NorM 1merican Rcrie,r es
, Inmates the capital invested behin'
them to be $l.000,000,00O. 1t is onl
a scholar such as you and I, can rea,
q so many figures. If money make
, the man, how much truer is it, that i
! makes the ''craft" spell it with a ''k
1 old Saxon fashion, and the word mean
lpower. The constitution of the {. 5
Brewers association proclaims it
motive power thus; That the owner
of brewerles, separately, are unable t
exercise a proper influence in the il
terest of the craft, in the legislator
and public administration " We kno,
. something about this "propcr influence
here in Oregon. The Oreyonion use
TO tell us enough about the "unho
alliance" between the whisky ring an
= the committee men, manipulated by NJ
:, Joseph Simon. You may remcmbc
too the thousands of dollars sent II
by the Portland ''kraft" to try and dc
:, feat the local option bill in Washin.
ton Territory. III tell you what ot
CURED too in little country town d
the time of the last election. Their
was an acknowledged whisky cand
date for the senate The other on
(the man of the temperance element
did not seem to be standing a goo
5, chance. 1t happened that it was rel
sc resented at the whiskey "court"
le Portland that their candidate W;
er rather in the nature of dulier. Upo
a which they concluded dufler coul
10 not do them much good anyhow, an
of they sent up orders to their minior
in the country town, to have the 9th
man elected, and he was electe
II Transfer this little incident on 70
'c large stage, and you can believe thi
re the Brewers association of New Yol
Us claim to control $4,000 votes. Tht